BRATTLEBORO-The Annual Town Election takes place for all town voters on Town Meeting Day, Tuesday,
BRATTLEBORO-The public is invited to a special informational meeting hosted by the Windham Southeast School...
BRATTLEBORO-Ashlyn and Abraham McClurg of Rebop Farm on Sunset Lake Road are reeling but resilient,
BRATTLEBORO-Upon the advent of the airplane at the turn of the 20th century, locals with...
Recreation & Parks Director Carol Lolatte is getting her ducks in a row as the Living Memorial Park Generational Improvement Project starts to take shape. In March, Representative Town Meeting voted 98–19 to support a $4.1 million bond for the work, which includes improvements to the 1970s-era skating rink - replacing a 30-year-old condenser, a 25-year-old dehumidifier, and a rusting and uninsulated 49-year-old roof - as well as replacing lighting on the upper softball field with an LED system. "The...
When I'm driving down Main Street in Brattleboro, I wish pedestrians would cross at the crosswalk, and when I'm walking down Main Street in Williamsville, I wish drivers would heed the speed limit. I've been wishing these things a long time. My first-ever article for the first-ever issue of The Commons lamented the speeding in Williamsville. That was more than 500 issues ago. If anything, the problem of people approaching 50 miles per hour through a 25-mile-per-hour village center has...
Tropical Storm Irene left an indelible signature scrawled on our landscape. The costs are still being tallied, but we do know the flood changed how we see the future. Vermont Public Radio presents “The Irene Effect” on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at noon and 7 p.m. The program will be rebroadcast on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 4 p.m., and Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 9 a.m. This hour-long special tells the personal stories of Vermonters still dealing daily with displacement and uncertainty...
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